Phoenix Television
Phoenix Television is a majority state-owned television network that offers Mandarin and Cantonese-language channels that serve mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and other markets with substantial Chinese-language viewers. It is headquartered in Shenzhen and Hong Kong. It is also registered in Cayman Islands.
Headquarters in Shenzhen | |
Native name | 鳳凰衛視投資（控股）有限公司 |
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| Company type | Public; State-owned enterprise |
| SEHK: 2008 NYSE: FENG | |
| Industry | Broadcasting |
| Founded | March 31, 1996 |
| Headquarters | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China Tai Po, Hong Kong, China |
Key people | Liu Changle (Founder; former chairman and chief executive officer), Chui Keung (Deputy chief executive officer, Chief Compliance Officer), Liu Shuang (Chief Operating Officer of Phoenix Satellite TV, CEO of Phoenix New Media) |
| Products | Television content, Television programming |
| Revenue | HK$3159m (2021) |
| HK$703m (2021) | |
| HK$299m (2021) | |
| Parent | Bauhinia Culture |
| Website | www |
| Country | China |
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| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Phoenix Television |
| Sister channels | Phoenix InfoNews Channel Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment Channel Phoenix North America Chinese Channel Phoenix Movies Channel Phoenix Hong Kong Channel |
| History | |
| Launched | 31 March 1996 |
| Phoenix Chinese Channel | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 鳳凰衛視中文台 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 凤凰卫视中文台 | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 鳳凰衛視 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 凤凰卫视 | ||||||||||
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The founder of Phoenix TV, Liu Changle (劉長樂), was an officer and political instructor in the People's Liberation Army in its 40th Group Army. He later became a journalist for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-controlled China National Radio after the Cultural Revolution and remains well-connected to the CCP's leadership. Liu is a standing member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Phoenix Television calls itself a Hong Kong media outlet but holds a non-domestic television programme services license in Hong Kong. Most of the company's customers and non-current assets come from mainland China. Bauhinia Culture, a company wholly owned by the Chinese government, is its largest shareholder. Freedom House describes Phoenix Television as pro-Beijing. Stephen McDonell of BBC News described the outlet as "sometimes more liberal than its mainland counterparts".
The company's head offices are located in Shenzhen, Guangdong and Tai Po, Hong Kong and it also has correspondent offices in Beijing and Shanghai. The Shenzhen office is said to produce half its TV output.